It’s Time to Regulate the Gig Economy
Depicting the gig economy as ‘sharing favours’ creates a parallel dimension, where chores are form of leisure, with no relation to ‘work’.
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Reading the Fine Print in Cuomo’s “Tuition-Free College” Plan
Cuomo’s plan Is means-tested, doesn’t cover fees, covers full-time students only, and has a residency requirement, clawbacks, and “crapshoot” clause
Read more...Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 2
How the the new international economic architecture for trade, investment, & property rights hurt workers in advanced and developing economies
Read more...Why You Can’t Have a Shorter Workweek
A recap of the numerous, internally inconsistent arguments as to why workers can’t have a shorter workweek.
Read more...More Evidence That Charter Schools Are a Taxpayer Ripoff That Delivers Poor Results
A damning new report from California shows that charter schools are a grift that profits investors at the expense of taxpayers and children.
Read more...How Land Disappeared from Economic Theory
Why the removal of land from economic theory is a glaring oversight.
Read more...It’s Not the Gig Economy, Stupid
Why the decline in labor unions has had a bigger impact on the fallen state of wage workers than the much ballyhooed gig economy.
Read more...IMF Blames Fall of Middle Class on Globalization and Technology
An IMF report comes up with some orthodoxy-reinfocing conclusions by failing to address some key issues.
Read more...John Michael Greer, James Howard Kunstler, Chris Martenson, Frank Morris, and Dmitry Orlov Discuss Trump, the Inequality Taboo and Other Hot Topics
A lively panel with provocative and colorful views.
Read more...Globalization and the End of the Labor Aristocracy, Part 1
How labor benefitted from imperialism, and how its advantages were eroded as multinationals became important as international enforcers.
Read more...The Conversation About Basic Income is a Mess. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
Certain interest groups are advocating a basic income for very different reasons, and that in turn lead to different policy proposals.
Read more...The Global Corporate Saving Glut
The corporate savings glut has been long in the making. It’s a sign of capitalists abandoning their role of investing to pursue growth.
Read more...The War on Poverty, Then and Now
President Johnson’s War on Poverty reduced on poverty rates, but progress stalled over 40 years ago. But things would be even worse otherwise.
Read more...Wolf Richter: This Economy is Ruined for Many Americans
The lower tier of the two-tier economy is not faring at all well.
Read more...Ilargi: Our Economies Run On Housing Bubbles
A look at the long-term role of home price bubbles in multiple countries.
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